How To: Enhance Android Smartphone Battery Life

So you have got a brand new Android smartphone and you are really concerned about its battery life as it keeps running out of juice time and again. Well, there are a lot of things you can do to save save your battery life.

Rooting enables various options which help you with the same and you calso download a variety of apps which would help you save your battery life. The Android OS comes with various battery-saving settings which can be tweaked in a few minutes. Here's a list of things you can do to optimize your Android's battery life, with and without the use of any additional applications.

Using the Built-In Battery Usage Screen

Built into the Android system is a feature which allows user to check their current battery usage. It can be accessed via heading to Settings -> About Phone -> Battery Use. This screen gives you a list of all the components that are consuming your battery. Find the applications or processes which use the most battery, and turn them off when not required.

Regularly Update Apps

Apps consume a quite a lot of battery. However, developers often send out updates to use less battery power. Hence, it is very important to keep your applications updated. Even if you have enabled the 'update automatically' option on your Android device, some apps need to be updated manually.

Adjust the Brightness

In the first slide, you may have noticed the amount of battery comsumed by your display. Well this can be bumped down to a huge extent simply by adjusting the backlight brightness. Navigate to Settings -> Display -> Brightness here you can either set it to automatic, which does a pretty good job by itself, or slide it down according to your preference.

Turn Off Connectivity Features When Not Required

Features like WiFi and Bluetooth take eat up a lot of battery, when switched on simply switch them off when not required and you see a huge increase in the battery life. Simply head to Settings -> Wireless and Network to modify these features.

Use Android Power Widget

This is an extremely useful widget on you Android smartphone, place it on your homescreen and you can instantly turn on or off your WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth connection. It also lets you adjust your brightness and turn off syncing.

Remove Useless Widgets

We agree with the fact that widgets do add some beauty to your Android smartphone, but having widgets which you hardly ever use is pointless and also eats up your battery. So, only keep those widgets which you find yourself using very often.

Disable Animated Wallpapers

Another fancy thing you can do with your Android smartphone is to have an animated wallpaper on your homescreen. Just like the widgets, this too takes extra battery so when required switch to a simple dark background and save yourself some more juice.

Don't Let the Battery Get Too Hot

Don't let the battery of your smartphone get too hot, this renders it useless in a much shorter time. Heavy multimedia and gaming does usually end up heating your smartphone, so take a quick break every once in a while.

Ecocharger

This app can be configured to beep/vibrate once the device is fully charged, and as a habit it can save power and extend the battery lifecycle in the long run.

Carat

This app makes recommendations on operating system updates, and killing or restarting applications to increase battery-life. While making these recommendations, the application also gives an estimate on the battery-life that will be extended by taking the recommended measure.